New home,new hair hehe/新家新发型呵呵

March 6th, 2010

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It’s been a whole week since I last updated my blog. We had a very busy week. Sime started school and set a couple of tests, and did well in both writing and speaking tests.  He was grouped with three other Australians for the oral test. He did much better than those Aussies even though are third year of university majoring in Chinese. The examiners in his university said to Sime at the end:”your wife is a very good teacher.hehe” To be honest, I’ve never really taught him apart from talking to him sometimes in Chinese, he mainly taught himself with software. But I guess the fact we are a mix family has already helped his chinese on the entry level. That’s the advantage of living with a native when you study the language.

Anyway, I’m gonna give you guys a tour of our new home. I’m sure our family back in England would enjoy these pics.:)

这次一晃又是一周才更新。上周真的是太忙了。Sime已经开学了,去学校参加了两次考试-笔试和口试都表现的不错。口试和三个澳大利亚的学生分为一组,人家三人可都是大学三年级的而且都是主修中文的,Sime结果比他们说的都好(回来后还自我满足的说:“我的发音比他们都准”呵呵)老师和他说:“你太太教你教的不错啊”。说来惭愧,我根本没有正式教过他,他主要都是自学有时他问我问题我还总不耐烦,懒的给他解释(主要是俺现在自己中文有时还说不遛胡儿呢,教他还不得误人子弟啊)呵呵。不过话虽这么说,学习一门语言时,能和这门语言是母语的人在一起生活,耳濡目染本身就成了一种优势。

言归正传,今天带大家看看我们的新家。我们在英国的家人看到这些照片估计会很高兴的。呵呵。

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This is the lounge. Chloe certainly enjoys running around in this open plan area.

房厅。小妞儿是绝对滴享受在大空间里跑来跑去。

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There are three bedrooms upstairs.

台阶上面是三间卧室。

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Dining and kitchen. This place has got a quite good, large oven which is not that common in China.

餐厅和厨房. 新家有一个不错的烤箱这在中国可不是特别的普遍哈,知足啦呵呵。

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The master bedroom.

主卧。

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The master bedroom from a different angle.

另一个角度的主卧。

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Chloe’s room which is the second bedroom.

小克克的房间。

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The study which is the smallest bedroom.

书房。

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The good thing about this place is it gets good lighting. Chloe can play on the balcony in the sun. She often hides behind the curtains. hehe

新家朝向很好采光很让人满意。小克经常在洒满阳光的阳台上玩儿。藏在卧室的大窗帘后面。呵呵

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Finally I’ve had my hair dyed and cut. I literally couldn’t squeeze out any time to sort my wild hair out before spring festival.:(

终于把头发染了剪了。唉。。过年前忙得就连两个小时弄头发的时间都没能挤出来,只好顶着一头乱发出去吓人啦,呵呵。

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Check out Chloe’s expression hehe. This is her photo face whenever we take a picture of her, she puts this expression on and holds it for quite few seconds. hehe

注意小人儿的表情哈,现在一说要给她拍照人家就这副表情,而且还很喜欢抢镜头,不给她照都不成,嘿嘿。

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I have to say I’m really glad we had a girl. Can’t wait to go shopping together with Chloe and gossip about things. hehe

不得不感叹还是闺女好啊,将来俺们两个可以尽情的逛街购物,使劲儿滴聊八卦,想想就期待。。。:)

On the way/人在旅途

February 27th, 2010

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Flying is one of my biggest headaches (I hate the dryness on the plane). Especially after Chloe was born, flying has become almost unbearable. I took her back to China on my own when she was 5 months old (it was so difficult that I literally didn’t eat anything during the flight to China. I held her for so long that one of my arms went numb).  Sime and I took her there last Sept and the journey was a total nightmare ( she was one year and 11 months then). This time after all the hard work we had been through before we left England, I really wasn’t looking forward to the long flight that much. However, to my surprise, Chloe was very content and sweet. Her good behavior certainly made the whole journey much more enjoyable.

坐飞机是最让我头疼的事情之一。我痛恨机舱里比沙漠还干燥的空气。尤其是在小克出生后,坐飞机更变成了一件很难忍受的事儿。她五个月大的时候我一个人带她飞回国,呃滴神啊。。。一路上一口饭没吃,一直抱着她的那只胳膊也麻木不仁啦。去年九月我和Sime两个人带她回国,结果一路上又是累得像是做了一场恶梦一样,当时小克童鞋一岁十一个月大。这次回国之前本来搬家就累得跟苦大力似滴了,每次想到还有十几个小时的人在旅途的艰苦岁月要熬我就想让时间一下跳过俺们做飞机那天多好啊。结果没想到让我大吃一惊的是,小丫头这次一路上表现的出奇的听话和乖巧。孩子这一听话顿时使整个旅途愉快和轻松了很多。

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Chloe was sitting in a big armchair next to daddy in the business class lounge in Frankfurt airport. There are lots of different types of food, fruits, drinks and spirits. I got Chloe some oriental rice cookies snack type of thing. She enjoyed herself so much. hehe

小克正坐在挨着爸爸的一个很大的沙发椅上. 休息室里免费提供很多不同种类的食物,水果,饮料甚至酒类也很齐全。我给小妞拿了一些小米饼一样的小零食。小人儿正猛嚼呢。呵呵

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All of a sudden, she complained to me: “tai la le(too spicy)”. Isn’t her expression funny. hehe

突然小人呲牙咧嘴的对我说:“太辣了”。表情挺遭笑儿吧。呵呵

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We boarded the plane in Frankfurt. Chloe was reading the safety instruction upside down. haha

我们在法兰克福上了飞机小克童鞋正在认真的阅读安全须知(就是有点拿倒啦哈)

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Let me check out these buttons, they look all very complicated. hehe

让我研究研究这些按钮哈,看起来还挺复杂呢。呵呵

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Sime and I certainly both needed a sit down after all the rushing about and scrubbing we’d done.

这几个月来,搬家做卫生把我们累的啊简直是人间地狱啊。俺们俩那是绝对绝对滴需要坐下来休息休息啦。

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Let’s have a look of the food now. Duck with apple jelly ( sorry i forgot the name of this dish) It was nice.

下面来看看吃滴哈。卤鸭肉配苹果果冻。名字忘了味道还不错。

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King prawn with green tea noodle. This was my favourite. I loved the sauce in this dish. It tasted a bit like sesame paste.

大虾绿茶面。这个上面的浆汁很好吃,口感有点像麻酱。

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Baked cod with cheese and chilly sauce.

芝士微辣酱烤鳕鱼,这个也不错挺好吃的。

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Cashew nuts and chicken stir fry with vegetables. This one wasn’t bad either.

腰果时蔬炒鸡肉。有点四川辣椒的味道,这个我也喜欢。

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Last but not least, the tropical fruit for desert. We chose the fruit instead of the cake to be a bit healthier. hehe

最后,甜点——热带水果盘儿。没点蛋糕之类的太不健康了对孩子牙也不好。呵呵

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Chloe was trying to cover daddy up with a handkerchief. Ahh….

爸爸睡着了,小克怕爸爸着凉,给他盖了一块手绢儿。呵呵。

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I have to say when I took these two pictures, i felt really happy and peaceful. They are the two people in my life that I love and love me the most (of course our families as well,hehe), hope they always have a sweet dream.

拍这两张照片时内心觉得特别的平静和幸福。希望这两个我生命中我爱也爱我最深的人(当然了还有我父母哈,呵呵)永远都有好梦。

写在结婚周年/Our 4th Wedding Anniversary

February 22nd, 2010

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好久都没更新啦,大家在这段时间里留的言都看到了,给大家在这儿拜个晚年吧,最近由于回国后找房子搬家再加上过年实在是忙得都顾不上博客这里啦。主要是Sime的电脑昨天终于送来啦,这家伙一直霸占着我的笔记本,我想用都挨不上边儿(打着工作的旗号独享资源真是可恶)这篇其实从回国之前就开始写一直到今晚才终于能匆匆的结个尾了。

这篇其实是写在我们结婚四周年纪念日那天,四年的时间说长也长,说短也短。可是一年三百六十五天面对这同一个人,同一张脸,如果没有相互之间的包容和理解,还有对彼此的爱与依赖,对孩子的疼爱,就算这张脸再精致的无法挑剔也是早就会看厌了的。其实在这四年间我对婚姻的体会总结就是:换位思考,己所不欲,勿施于人。可能说起来有些俗但是我还是想在这里感谢Sime, 这我们这四年的婚姻生活里他给了我最大限度的包容和宠爱。我自认不是个贤惠得一塌糊涂的娇妻,相反有时凶起来不管不顾倒有些母老虎的架式,只有他这么多年来始终如一的在我大发雷霆时送上一张笑嘻嘻的脸(他自称是因为我发脾气时举动很夸张他觉得很滑稽可笑),举个例子哈,有一次俺们俩因为一点鸡毛蒜皮的小事儿吵架,吵着吵着他扭头走人了,决定不和我吵了,当时我突然有种火冒三丈没地方出气的感觉,想也没想就随手捡起来一支鞋照着他的后脑勺儿就扔去啦,本想这下再不想吵架的人也该被我的鞋给砸急啦吧,结果没想到人家哥哥回过头来先是一脸惊讶然后接下来就是一阵狂笑,还说这举动很有意思,我都服了他啦,他这一笑倒是把我笑得没脾气啦,最后自然也没吵起来。。。

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这张是我们结婚小红本本上的结婚照。现在看看俺俩都老啦。。。呜呜。。。

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这是刚结婚那会儿照的,酸酸甜甜小两口儿。呵呵

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谈到结婚四年最大的收获当然是小克克啦,这两张好像是一岁半后拍滴,喜欢她笑得一塌糊涂的样子呵呵。

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这两张是回国前拍的,又是阳光灿烂的笑脸,羡慕孩子没有烦恼的天性。希望她永远都这么无忧无虑。:)

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最后说下今年三十岁生日收到的大礼,由于订婚戒指上有一个很尖锐的棱角所以自从生完孩子后就一直没怎么戴过,怕刮伤孩子娇嫩的皮肤,所以这一闲置就是三年多,在英国和很多西方国家都有一个不成文的风俗习惯就是结婚三年后丈夫就可以给太太买一个镶钻石的戒指以示婚姻长久美满---这种戒指呢一般被成为Eternity ring(是永恒的象征),从去年开始就念道着要给我买个戒指省得我手上总是一枚秃秃的婚戒也没个做伴儿滴嘿嘿。这不今年生日前Sime把这儿事儿给落实啦,一件双雕也安排的挺得当滴。呵呵。伯明翰有个欧洲最大的珠宝交易市场,我们自己选的裸钻订做的,虽说样子很简单但是个人觉得这钻戒就是要简单大方,就好像服装,款式越是前卫越是容易过时。所以还是经典款比较经得起时间的考验哈。

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最后上一张俺们老夫老妻的近照,这是回国前收拾东西时我婆婆给照的,好久都没有我们两个单独的合影啦,好逮就是它了。呵呵

三十岁生日那天/On my 30th birthday

January 19th, 2010

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这段时间由于正紧锣密鼓滴准备搬回国,这博客也处于半退休状态了,不是我懒是真的顾不上啦。目前真正进入倒计时阶段了,东西基本上处理的差不多了,该卖滴卖改扔的扔。这东西处理的就连我这个平时不是很节省的人都忍不住要感慨:“罪过啊罪过。”呵呵。说是这麽说啊,处理完东西过后看到家里由原来的满满当当到处都是杂物到现在的空空如野,心里真是轻松极了。都活到三十岁了我才悟出一条真理---质量远远重过数量(说再具体点儿吧,就是宁可半年不买衣服,攒足了劲头买好滴有质量的,也不要是不是特别喜欢的只要便宜的就往家搬哈,这样浪费空间浪费金钱的事儿还真的是不划算)。

好了,言归正传哈,都说三十而立,没想到我这刚到三十就面临着跨过搬家这麽大滴考验啊,这麽说真没夸张,从小到大被父母娇生惯养,没结婚前连顿整饭也做不出来,我爸到现在也没吃过我做的饭,一直不相信我会做。呵呵。惭愧啊惭愧。做饭到也不是啥大事,说到收拾整理把家里弄得跟狗添的似的可是俺滴弱项。虽然在外面呆了这麽多年啦,但如今最最让我头疼的还是Packing(装箱)。这回倒好,让这搬家闹的我天天在家撅着屁股打包装箱,装完了拆,拆完了再重装(不是我瞎折腾,主要是想最有效的利用有限的空间,学问大啦呵呵)。今年自己三十岁的生日居然忙得差点没忘了,还是当天早上收到一封一个老友的邮件祝我生日快乐我才恍然大悟,由于提前没想起来所以那天还安排了好几件事都需要我去办,Sime提议让我办完事儿自己到市中心好好逛逛(他在家看孩子),想买点啥就买点啥,然后晚上回家我们三口再到我俩都钟爱的一家泰国餐馆去吃饭。其实这样的计划要是在以前我肯定要批评他没创意,但是有孩子后能自己一个人无悠无滤的逛逛街买买东西,对我来说真算是最贴心的礼物了。方案一出,俺那可是跟鞋底抹油似滴溜啦,一直到下午五点半才回家和那一大一小会师准备出去吃晚饭。这一天虽说没做啥特殊的事儿,但对于我来说真的是过了一个开心充实的三十大寿哈。呵呵。过生日嘛礼物是一定要有滴,尤其又是大寿,某人更要好好表表诚意啦哈(今年生日收了一份大礼,至于啥礼嘛,请听下回分解哈,嘿嘿)。今儿先看看生日当天俺给自己和小克买的两双靓鞋哈。

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还是TOPSHOP, 这双和之前购的那双黑短靴有点像,比那双更庸懒,就喜欢这种做旧的油皮出来的效果。那天走进topshop很多衣服啊鞋啊都在狂打折,好死不死偏偏我相中的这双一份钱也不打,NND, 没办法谁让咱喜欢呢,买吧(心里一直在暗暗的猛自我安慰说:“这种样子很百搭,能穿很久”呵呵),价格是70镑要说论款式和质量来说也算还可以,主要不平衡在,鞋架上80%的鞋都在打折。。。没天理啊。。。。

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背影儿是不是很酷。:)

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这双是小克的雨靴/棉靴。英国今年冬天天气一直不好,下了好几场大雪,路上的雪厚到不穿双防水的鞋子不行的地步了,于是俺就从H&M淘到了这双既防水又保暖的小靴子。个人很喜欢这个图案以及颜色的配比。

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我的大爱泰国Tom Yum(东荫)汤。太好喝了。。。酸酸的辣辣的既开胃又过瘾。

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我和Sime两人都喜欢海鲜,尤其是这家餐厅做的姜汁蟹,每次到他家必点的,去年生日也点了,今年发现原来他家还有龙虾,那肯定是不能错过啦,这不一虾一蟹颜色看着挺红火哈。特别好吃,走之前打算百忙中抽时间再去一次。呵呵

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小克特别喜欢吃他家免费送的泰国虾片,其实挺辣的,也不知小人儿咋就这麽爱吃。由于餐厅里的服务生都很喜欢小人儿,每次去本来是每桌只给一小筐的虾片,小克到了随便吃。呵呵

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餐厅里光线很暗,所以这次拍的所有片子效果都一般。大家凑合看个大概齐吧,总比没有强哈。

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本来是打车去的,结果从餐馆出来发现门口就有直接到家的车,决定做公车回家。Sime给我俩拍的合影。看看小妞儿的靴子是不是挺好看的(连餐馆里的男服务生都注意到小克的鞋子还一个劲儿的说:“pretty shoes (漂亮的鞋子)”。呵呵

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最后来一张晚上回家后给小人儿拍的一张近照,现在小妞儿知道照相要冲着镜头摆姿势啦,就是这副样子,哈哈。对了再看看我们滴小手,现在每次照相都要做胜利手势,虽然小胖手儿还有点不分遛,但意思到了哈。